Settled in the Maritimes of Canada, surrounded by the forest and Acadian Mountain Chain, I live a simple life of gratitude. This blog is a journal of my art, food, furkids, garden, home, my life and my thoughts. Thanks for reading!
Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Comedies. I'm more of a suspense/thriller film lover but I definitely love a good laugh! Bugs Bunny wanted to pose for his favourite comedy trilogy: Austin Powers International Man of Mystery. I think Mike Myers is really funny and I love those three movies.
I think a lot of the "modern" comedians rely too heavily on cursing to get laughs, I guess that's why I lean more towards older comedies. Here is my ink and graphite drawing of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau from The Odd Couple. The entire cast in this movie was hilarious, but Jack Lemmon stood out for me as the funniest! Tony Randall and Jack Klugman starred in the tv show, which was also pretty funny.
John Candy in charcoal. He was such a loveable comedian and I enjoyed most of his movies. I was so sad when he died! If you're a fan of his, the CBC put out a documentary called To John With Love. It's very heartfelt and you can find it on You Tube. Here is the link. There are 5 parts and they play automatically.
John Candy was part of a sketch comedy show in Canada called SCTV. It played in the late 70's and 80's. It was a cast of greats and I remember staying up late and watching it every Friday night at 12:30am.
This is John Candy, Joe Flaherty and Eugene Levy, drawn in ink and graphite. Joe Flaherty, who was the main writer on SCTV, played Count Floyd, the weekly host of "Monster Chiller Horror Theater". John Candy played Dr. Tongue and Eugene Levy played his Igor-like servant, Bruno.
Dr. Tongue fancied himself a 3-D actor, and his take on 3-D movies is hilarious.
For those SCTV fans out there, here is a 1:48 clip of "Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes". SCTV's comedy, at least for me, was genius! Second City (the "SC" in SCTV) was a comedy troop based out of Toronto in Canada, and Chicago in the States. It produced such great comedians as John Candy, Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Gilda Radner, the Belushi brothers, Andrea Martin, Martin Short...the list goes on!
I'm a fan of slapstick, and nobody did slapstick better than the Three Stooges! My favourite Stooge was Shemp 😊. You can find most of the Three Stooges shorts on You Tube. I've read all of their biographies and watched all of the movies and documentaries about them! Shemp was a hyper-phobic and led a life filled with anxiety and fear - though you wouldn't know it from his shorts and movies. I guess that's why I love to read biographies of my favourites, I can relate to them more when I know about them personally.
This was a fun theme...I won't keep you much longer, just wanted to show you my Valentine's dinner and dessert! We had a Raclette dinner - who doesn't love melted cheese on veggies?
For dessert, I bit off more than I could chew (so to speak!). I made a Heart Log Roll Cake. It was DELICIOUS, but SO many steps...One of these days I will post the recipe!
One night last week I tried Vegetarian Meatballs for my Pizzaghetti. Yum! (Again, I'll post the recipe for the "meat"balls soon!)
Last night I made potato/egg filled fajitas.
For my birding friends, I have not found the time to put the "bird" cam back up, so here's a photo I took when I lived on Prince Edward Island back in 2010. It's a Heron, not sure if it's a Blue or a Great. These birds are so prehistoric looking, always so fascinating!
Charlie and Oscar
The pets are all healthy again, except Marlene. She is slowing down very quickly. She is now in diapers and not very interested in eating too much. She sleeps a lot. She has trouble standing on her hind legs. She still has a puppy-like spirit and romps around as best she can in the snow when I take her out. I'm making sure to take good care of her and make her feel safe and loved as she winds down her life. It's heart-breaking! 😢 We rescued her in 2015 from a bad situation and don't really know her age, though the estimate is maybe 14 or 15. We gave her the forever home that every dog dreams of...I'm hoping we still have lots of time with her!
I'm linking up with these wonderful bloggers today, please visit them for some really interesting posts! And why not join in on the link parties? You can meet some really nice people!! 😊
That's all for now folks! Please check out the link gadget below to see more Comedies artwork!
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Charcoal from 2020
February 25th: Next Thursday's theme is February Films - Tragedies and Melodramas. Click on the link for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨
Thursday Art Date With Rain. Click on the link for a description of the art date as well as a list of upcoming themes.
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Power is back, internet is restored and I can finally upload my photos!! So...welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Film Noir. I love this genre of film so much. There is always a lot of suspense, thrill, drama and of course, a Femme Fatale who, according to the dictionary, is an attractive and seductive woman, especially one who is likely to cause distress or disaster to a man who becomes involved with her.
One such woman was Barbara Stanwyck in the movie Double Indemnity. She's an amazing actress, very strong and powerful. She also starred in Sorry Wrong Number. Now, Bugs Bunny decided to pose in Fred MacMurray's role for my ink and graphite drawing. Poor Mr. MacMurray fell victim to this Femme Fatale...it's a great movie, also starring Edward G. Robinson.
My favourite of Hitchcock's movies is called Rope. It's a Leopold and Loeb story, brilliantly filmed in just 10 shots/takes. Farley Granger, drawn in ink and graphite, played the less ruthless "Leopold" character. I love this movie so much that I bring the DVD into the car with me and play it on my CD player...just listening to the movie as I drive when I go shopping! Also stars James Stewart. It's chilling!
I could not omit Orson Welles for this theme! I think he was brilliant and one of my favourites of his films is called The Third Man.
It's a great mystery and thriller, also starring Joseph Cotten. He's another favourite actor who did many film noirs. He and Orson Welles worked together in Citizen Kane as well. I drew these with charcoals.
One night we were craving summer food...so I made CLT's (Cheddar, Lettuce, Tomatoes), Old Bay Cole Slaw and potato salad. It felt like a summer meal!
My trailcam pooped out with the deep freeze during the past week, likely I just need more batteries, but I got a few photos of some newcomers at the bird feeders. Mourning Doves! They are my favourite bird...I LOVE their coo's!
I took these photos through my window, so they're not too clear, but I've never seen so many. There are nine in this photo, but I counted twelve in total.
They hang out in the maple tree outside my window until the Redpoles and Chickadees start eating then they fly down to join them, interesting behaviour...maybe they're just being polite?
I'm liking up with these wonderful bloggers today, please visit them for some really interesting posts! And why not join in on the link parties? You can meet some really nice people!! 😊
That's all for now folks! Please check out the link gadget below to see more Film Noir artwork!
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February 18th: Next Thursday's theme is February Films - Comedies. Click on the link for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨
Thursday Art Date With Rain. Click on the link for a description of the art date as well as a list of upcoming themes.
Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! Also, if anyone adds a link that has nothing to do with the art date theme, it will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).
I do love visual stories. I used to be an avid book-reader. When I burned out in 2003, I suffered permanent cognitive skill function; and one of the issues I have is the inability to remember things in the short term. This makes reading books very difficult and frustrating for me as I tend to re-read paragraphs over and over because I can't remember what I just read! I've become a visual-gal and movies provide wonderful entertainment for me!
I've been really loving these 3-D Trick Art tutorials I've found on You Tube! Have you ever tried them?
Most Westerns are dominated by a male villain/hero. I loved the movie The Quick and the Dead because Sharon Stone played a tough yet vulnerable heroin in the Wild West. It's a great movie, also stars Gene Hackman (who plays a wonderful villain), Russell Crowe and Leo DiCaprio.
A GREAT Western movie that is on my top ONE...is The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. This movie has it all. And it has a cast of greats: Lee Marvin (always an amazing bad guy), John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart. Of course there are many amazing supporting actors like Andy Divine, Vera Miles and Strother Martin. If you're a Western fan, I'm sure you've seen this movie! :)
Here are the guys one by one (drawn in charcoals):
Lee Marvin
The Duke
Jimmy Stewart
We've been eating leftovers this week and trying to "eat from the freezer"...this happens every year after the holidays! A great comfort food to try is Tortilla Soup.
I've been donut crazy lately too. I made my Baked Jelly Donuts. I also recently got some donut pans and I'm going to try to make all sorts of baked donuts in the very near future!
Incoming!
Shoulders
Hairy Woodpecker Couple
Here is a 9-second video of an Evening Grosbeak hanging out on my window sill!
And a 14-second video of me snow-shoeing with Charlie. She would love to live outside in the winter! She looks so happy.
I'm linking up with these wonderful bloggers today, please visit them for some really interesting posts! And why not join in on the link parties? You can meet some really nice people!! 😊
That's all for now folks! Please check out the link gadget below to see more Westerns artwork!
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"The Big Combo" (Acrylics 2016)
February 11th: Next Thursday's theme is February Films - Film Noir. Click on the link for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨
Thursday Art Date With Rain. Click on the link for a description of the art date as well as a list of upcoming themes.
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Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Mysterious and Dark. Bugs came up with the idea to pose as The Phantom of the Opera. That was a very dark and mysterious tale!
💗 I'm sorry I haven't been commenting on your blogs my Friends, I have been visiting though...life is a challenge for me these days. Please know that you all just bring so much joy to my life!! 💗
🌟🌟 A note for February's film-themed themes (say that 5 times fast)...you don't have to be a movie buff to participate! For example, next week is Westerns...it can be anything related to the Wild West! I come up with these themes to challenge you and help you find your creativity, and to help me do the same, so please don't think you can't participate because there are any rigid rules!! 😊 🌟🌟
Alien 3-D Art
One of my favourite movies is called The Night of the Hunter. It's starring Robert Mitchum, directed by Charles Laughton. It's very dark, very mysterious and extremely creepy! Well Friends, I'm not proud of this drawing of Robert Mitchum at all. I had such a hard time with it! Usually when I'm doing my charcoals, I feel relaxed and happy...this week has been emotionally draining and it shows in my artwork. Ugh. I decided to post it anyway because this blog is about my life - good or bad! Sorry Mitch! Next time I'll do ya proud!!
When I was a young girl, I learned how to play the piano. I played until I was 17 years old. Ever since then, I've dreamed of having a piano again. Well, guess what? I got a digital piano! It's used but in great shape so it was in the budget! I love it. I have to relearn, but it's coming back to me! Bringing this instrument to my home makes me feel like my life is becoming more balanced. I'll serenade you all some day in the future! 😊
Blogging friends are the best!! My friend Phil from the UK sent me this Bird Guide Book! I aim to put it to good use! Thanks Phil!
Date night at the bird feeder
In Flight
I'm still not sure if this gal is a Downy or a Hairy Woodpecker. I'm leaning towards Downy because of the length of her bill, but I have nothing to compare her to!
I'm linking up with these wonderful bloggers today, please visit them for some really interesting posts! And why not join in on the link parties? You can meet some really nice people!! 😊
That's all for now folks! Please check out the link gadget below to see more Mysterious and Dark artwork!
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"High Noon" (Prismacolor pencils 2019)
February 4th: Next Thursday's theme is February Films - Westerns. Click on the link for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨
Thursday Art Date With Rain. Click on the link for a description of the art date as well as a list of upcoming themes.
Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! Also, if anyone adds a link that has nothing to do with the art date theme, it will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).
